johnny cash

July 31, 2014  The former Tennessee home of Johnny and June Carter Cash has fallen into the hands of new owners who have plans to convert the property into a clinic where addiction comes to die, and it's a Bee Gee's fault — sort of. …Read on

March 21, 2014  Sad news out of Tennessee: The Associated Press reports that Johnny Cash's great-niece, Courtney Cash, was found stabbed to death yesterday morning and stuffed into a box at her Cookeville home, just 70 miles east of Nashville. Her friend Wayne Gary Masciarella has been charged with first-degree murder and is being held without bond. …Read on

March 12, 2014  Johnny Cash was a true man of the people, an attitude he summed up in the lyric "I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down." He backed it up, too, most notably advocating for humane treatment of prisoners, a cause helped by recording his famed Folsom Prison and San Quentin live albums for audiences of inmates. …Read on

March 4, 2014  With Johnny Cash's "lost" '80s album Out Among the Stars finally set to see the light of day, Legacy Recordings has an extra treat for the Man in Black's fans: An Elvis Costello remix of the new single "She Used to Love Me a lot," which premiered over at Pitchfork. Originally recorded but shelved once Cash was dropped by his label, Columbia, the record was discovered by the outlaw legend's son, John Carter Cash, in 2012. …Read on

December 10, 2013  On March 25, we'll get a never-before-heard Johnny Cash album culled from early '80s sessions with Country Music Hall of Famer Bill Sherrill. In the clip above, John Carter Cash explains that he found his father's lost recordings with the Nashville-based producer while combing through the family archives. …Read on

October 23, 2013  During his 35 years as chief music critic at the Los Angeles Times, Robert Hilburn stood just off to the side for some of music's most electrifying moments. He tagged along with the Sex Pistols when the English punk miscreants first toured America, followed Paul Simon's Graceland tour to Zimbabwe, and was in the big house when Johnny Cash played his famous concert at Folsom Prison. …Read on

August 8, 2013  "Cowboy" Jack Clement, a legendary Nashville producer, singer, and songwriter, succumbed to cancer today at age 82, according to the Tennessean. The Country Music Hall of Fame named Clement as a member in April, though his official induction was set for later this year. Though Clement might not be household name outside of country music, his many significant credits make it easy to wonder what took so long. …Read on

May 14, 2013  Jack White's Third Man Records — the label that recently brought you a golden Great Gatsby vinyl and a vintage pop-up recording booth — is now teaming with the legenday Sun Records — the label that long ago brought you music by Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, and many others — for an ongoing reissue series. On May 21, Third Man Records will begin re-releasing songs from the Sun catalogue as 45-RP …Read on

January 31, 2013  Johnny Cash will soon share a prestigious honor with Abraham Lincoln, Malcolm X, and Dr. Seuss: He's getting his own stamp. The NME reports (via Beyond the Perf) that the U.S. Postal Service will honor the Man in Black with commemorative postage.The lickable tribute (pictured above) is designed to resemble a 45 rpm record sleeve and features a photograph of Cash taken by Frank Baez for 1963's Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash. …Read on